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Trump and the Panama Canal: A Story of Revenge?

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Thomas Jason Anderson
Jan 12, 2025
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“Doing good is good business” is the motto of one of the largest conglomerates in Panama, the Eleta Corporation, founded by Fernando Eleta Almarán in 1964. This philosophy undoubtedly stemmed from a personal tragedy: the loss of Fernando’s wife, Mercedes, who died in 1954 from polio just days after giving birth to their daughter, Aurora. Mercedes’ untim…

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